Etienne Goyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > G. Matthew Rice wrote: > > Can anyone confirm/deny the locations of the g/kdm files on other distros? > > Just to make matter worse, under Ubuntu, XDM config is beneath /etc/X11, > but GDM config is in /etc/gdm. > > If you take a step back and think about the problem with the goal of > doing a cross-distribution certification, this problem is bound to come > up on a fairly regular basis. There is two way I can think this problem > can be dealt with: > > 1. Stick with question whose answer are unambiguously true on any distro. > 2. Accept any answers that hold true on any distro.
We have to do both (for different questions, of course). In this case, we can simplify the objectives by just saying 'gdm/xdm/kdm config files'. And not ask location specific questions unless, as you say, we track down all of the possibilities for the major distros. Which also doesn't seem onerous, in this case. > Sticking with 1. above would severely cripple the certification, but > implementing 2. would be awfully time-consuming. We are screwed either way. Not really. Any time that we see the same "wrong" answer (I'm thinking mostly FITB), we take a look to see if it is actually a right answer. > Before people scream at me for suggesting that we compromise on > distribution neutrality, let me just say that I fully understand this is > sub-optimal and raise the idea of a baseline only as a compromise. If > you have a suggestion on how we could be both completely distro-agnostic > *and* correct all the time in the objectives and exam questions[1], I am > all ears. Me, too :) We aren't _really_ distro-neutral, too. No gentoo package management, for example. I think we do a fairly decent job, though <pats everyone on the back>. Regards, -- g. matthew rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> starnix care, toronto, ontario, ca phone: 647.722.5301 x242 gpg id: EF9AAD20 http://www.starnix.com professional linux services & products _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
